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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Neal and Old Rawhide want to do with Norman and Paul?
(a) go to the movies
(b) race cars
(c) go fishing
(d) play cards

2. Where do Norman and Paul fish?
(a) The Missouri River
(b) The Mississippi River
(c) The Blackfoot River
(d) The Colorado River

3. Who arrives at the train station a few days later?
(a) Neal
(b) Martin
(c) Robert
(d) Clay

4. What profession does Norman and Paul's father have?
(a) Methodist minister
(b) Jewish rabbi
(c) Episcopalian minister
(d) Presbyterian minister

5. How does Norman feel when Paul is complimented on his fishing technique?
(a) Both proud and angry
(b) Both proud and annoyed
(c) Both proud and jealous
(d) Both proud and happy

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Old Rawhide dressed when Norman and Paul drop her off in town?

2. What happens when the family decides to leave?

3. Other than fish, what else did the brothers do?

4. What do the brothers always wonder about each other?

5. Norman and Paul's father is as passionate about _____________________ as he is about religion.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Norman's reaction to the phone call?

2. Who goes on the fishing trip the next morning?

3. Who are the two brothers in the story?

4. Where do Norman and Paul escape from Norman's family problems a few days later?

5. Why does Norman's mother-in-law enlist Norman's help on Neal's behalf?

6. Where do the two brothers go fishing?

7. What favor does Norman ask of his brother, Paul?

8. What is the occupation of Norman and Paul's father?

9. What do Norman and Paul find when they return to the spot where they left the car?

10. Why does Norman not remain to fish with Neal?

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